Two of the most intriguing prospects in the Orioles’ system are in their summer training player pool. To the disappointment of many fans, catcher Adley Rutschman and infielder/outfielder Ryan Mountcastle aren’t going to begin the 60-game 2020 season with the Orioles. There was never any chance that Rutschman, last year’s overall top...
Two Orioles are having surgery on Wednesday, and neither will get on the field this year for the team. Left-handed pitcher Ty Blach is having Tommy John surgery, and infielder Richie Martin will undergo a procedure in his right wrist. Blach left Thursday night’s intrasquad game complaining of elbow soreness, and Martin...
Opening night is 11 days away and there are many questions involving the Orioles’ roster. The continued absence of Anthony Santander and Dwight Smith Jr. complicates the outfield situation. If the Orioles sign free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig, that might fill a need. Otherwise, Cedric Mullins, who’s on the 40-man roster, and Mason...
John Means said that he had known for some time that he was going to be the Orioles’ Opening Day starter. But spring training was halted on March 12 before it became official. Still, no one was surprised when manager Brandon Hyde announced that Means would face the Boston Red Sox on...
The calendar for summer training is short. Formal workouts began July 3, and each team is limited to three exhibition games. “We don’t have the luxury of changing our reality right now,” Orioles hitting coach Don Long said in a video conference call on Friday. “We work within what we have. We...
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde named John Means as the team’s starter for its opening night game on July 24 against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park. The choice had been expected. Means pitched five innings in Thursday’s night’s intrasquad game—15 days ahead of the opener. Hyde said that the left-hander will...
Some good has come during the pandemic for Alex Cobb and his family. The Orioles’ right-hander became a father for the second time on July 3 with the arrival of another girl, Everly. Cobb is scheduled to pitch in an intrasquad game on Friday night. He’s in the third year of a...
Four days after the 2020 schedule was announced and 15 days before the 2020 season is expected to start, Major League Baseball announced its 2021 schedule on Thursday. The Orioles, who open the 60-game 2020 season on July 24th with a three-game series at Fenway Park against the Red Sox, will do...
The Orioles hope that their bullpen will be improved in 2020. Last season, their bullpen had an awful 5.79 ERA. During spring training, manager Brandon Hyde said he liked the additional choices he had as relievers. One pitcher that Hyde hopes to see more of is Hunter Harvey, who dazzled Hyde with...
After five days of replicating spring training workouts, the Orioles’ summer training goes under the lights on Wednesday night. The Orioles will play the first in a series of intrasquad games at Camden Yards. Tommy Milone and Thomas Eshelman will be the starting pitchers in a game that’s anticipated to be 7...